[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 184 (Thursday, September 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48762-48763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-23013]
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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
National Protection and Programs Directorate; Infrastructure
Protection Data Call Survey
AGENCY: National Protection and Programs Directorate, DHS.
ACTION: 60-Day Notice and request for comments; New Information
Collection Request: 1670--NEW.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate, has submitted the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
for review and clearance in accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35).
DATES: Comments are encouraged and will be accepted until November 23,
2009. This process is conducted in accordance with 5 CFR 1320.1.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and questions about this Information
Collection Request should be forwarded to NPPD/IP/IICD, Attn.: Mary
Matheny-Rushdan, [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) is the lead coordinator in the national effort to identify and
prioritize the country's critical infrastructure and key resources
(CIKR). At DHS, this responsibility is managed by the Office of
Infrastructure Protection (IP) in the National Protection and Programs
Directorate (NPPD). In FY2006, IP engaged in the annual development of
a list of CIKR assets and systems to improve IP's CIKR prioritization
efforts; this list is called the Critical Infrastructure List. The
Critical Infrastructure List includes assets and systems that, if
destroyed, damaged or otherwise compromised, could result in
significant consequences on a regional or national scale.
The IP Data Call is administered out of the Infrastructure
Information Collection Division (IICD) in the Office of Infrastructure
Protection (IP). The IP Data Call provides opportunities for States and
territories to collaborate with DHS and its Federal partners in CIKR
protection. DHS, State and territorial Homeland Security Advisors
(HSA), Sector Specific Agencies (SSA), and territories build their CIKR
data using the IP Data Call application. To ensure that HSAs, SSAs and
territories are able to achieve this mission, IP requests opinions and
information in a survey from IP Data Call participants regarding the IP
Data Call process and the Web-based application used to collect the
CIKR data. The survey data collected is for internal IICD and IP use
only.
IICD and IP will use the results of the IP Data Call Survey to
determine levels of customer satisfaction with the IP Data Call process
and the IP Data Call application and prioritize future improvements.
The results will also allow IP to appropriate funds cost-effectively
based on user need, and improve the process and application.
The Office of Management and Budget is particularly interested in
comments which:
1. Evaluate whether the proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information will have practical utility;
2. Evaluate the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of
the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used;
3. Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and
4. Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including through the use of appropriate automated,
electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or
other forms of information technology, e.g., permitting electronic
submissions of responses.
Analysis
Agency: Department of Homeland Security, National Protection and
Programs Directorate.
Title: IP Data Call Survey.
Form: Not Applicable.
OMB Number: 1670--NEW.
Affected Public: State, Local, or Tribal Government.
Number of Respondents: 138.
Estimated Time per Respondent: 2 hours.
Total Burden Hours: 276.
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Total Burden Cost (operating/maintaining): $25,513.
Thomas Chase Garwood III,
Chief Information Officer, National Protection and Programs
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. E9-23013 Filed 9-23-09; 8:45 am]
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